Afghanistan: Blast near Iran embassy in Kabul as suicide bomber blows up car

Feb 26, 2015

Kabul, Afghanistan: A suicide bomber driving a car packed with explosives targeted a vehicle of the Turkish embassy in the Afghan capital during the Thursday morning rush hour.A Turkish embassy vehicle was damaged and casualties were expected, Deputy Interior Minister Mohammad Ayub Salangi said."The target was a Turkish embassy vehicle, one person is wounded and the driver possibly killed," he told media outside the Iranian embassy. The blast took place outside the gate of the Iranian embassy, which is adjacent to the Turkish mission in the center of Kabul.The Taliban claimed respons...